2021 · Week 18 · Division

Final

Cowboys

Dallas

QB Dak Prescott

51·26

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Gardner Minshew

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 31°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

DAL -6.5

Total

46

Model margin

+2.1est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Cowboys

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsCowboys wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Cowboysedge mapEagles
  • +0.084EPA / play+0.061
  • 46.8%Success rate46.4%
  • +0.168EPA / dropback+0.091
  • -0.062EPA / rush+0.025
  • 9.4%Explosive rate10.5%
  • +1.99CPOE+0.39
  • 43.7%Third-down rate45.5%
  • 61.6%Red-zone TD rate66.1%
  • 2.44Points / drive2.39
  • 1.6%Turnover rate1.5%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

PHI lead 29–26 since 1999

Meetings average 44.8 points. PHI are 27-27-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W12PHI @ DAL2124DAL
2025 · W1DAL @ PHI2024PHI
2024 · W17DAL @ PHI741PHI
2024 · W10PHI @ DAL346PHI
2023 · W14PHI @ DAL1333DAL
2023 · W9DAL @ PHI2328PHI
2022 · W16PHI @ DAL3440DAL
2022 · W6DAL @ PHI1726PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Cowboys

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Dak Prescott21/2729550
Cooper Rush1/11000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ezekiel Elliott18874.80
Corey Clement7588.30
JaQuan Hardy3268.71
Ito Smith144.01
Cooper Rush3-4-1.30

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Gardner Minshew19/3318621
Greg Ward1/1200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kenny Gainwell12786.51
Jason Huntley13513.90
Gardner Minshew5102.00
Jalen Reagor3103.30

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line -6.54.1%2.7%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Cowboys.

Half-point at risk

2.72%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.7%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.52
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.91
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.10